1. Leafy Lessons
How to be Eco-Friendly

2. Recycling

3. Discussion What is recycling?
To recycle is when we change and reuse our waste
What does recycling help?
The materials we use stay in landfills for millions of years, recycling allows us to reuse these materials
Can all things be sent to your local recycler?
No!
Why is it important for every person to recycle?
Each person uses and throws away lots of trash, about 4.5 pounds a day!

4. Sorting Activity

5. Can be recycled:
Cannot be recycled:
Milk Carton
Cereal Box
Paper
Milk Jug
Copper Wire
Cardboard
Fabric
Food
Poster Board
Egg Carton

6. Composting

7. Discussion What is composting?
The act of making compost with used material
Why do we compost?
Creates soil good for growing plants
Why is it good to compost?
Recycles materials, allowing our waste to feed plants
What do you need in order to compost?
Green waste (nitrogen rich), Brown waste (carbon rich), and Soil

8. Browns:
Greens:
Dead Leaves
Woodchips
Shredded Newspaper
Brown Lunch Bags
Shredded Non-Corrugated Cardboard
Vegetable and Fruit Peels
Grass Clippings
Coffee Grounds
Tea Grounds
Cleaned Eggshells

9. Making a Compost Bin

10. Bees & Butterflies

11. Discussion What are pollinators?
Insects that go to plants and spread pollen, allowing plants to create seeds and grow future plants
Why are pollinators important?
They are the reason we have fruits, vegetables, and many of the foods we eat from plants
What kinds of plants will attract bees and butterflies?
Flowering plants with pollen and nectar, bright colors

12. Milkweed
A plant that attracts bees and butterflies, Monarch butterflies will only leave their young on this plant

13. Texas’s state flower, attracts bees and butterflies
Bluebonnet
Texas’s state flower, attracts bees and butterflies

14. A flower that attracts bees and butterflies
Indian Paintbrush
A flower that attracts bees and butterflies

15. Lovely smelling purple flower that attracts bees and butterflies
Lavender
Lovely smelling purple flower that attracts bees and butterflies

16. Bright flowers that attracts hummingbirds, bees and butterflies
Chrysanthemum
Bright flowers that attracts hummingbirds, bees and butterflies

17. Save the bees and the butterflies
Save the bees and the butterflies

18. Flower Activity

19. Growing Plants

20. Discussion What are the four things plants need to grow?
Soil, water, sunlight, and air
What do plants produce that we need?
The air we breath! Oxygen!
What do plants need that we produce?
The air we exhale! Carbon dioxide!
Could people live without plants?
No!

21. Tomato and Pepper Plants

22. Questions?

23. Post-Test